Icelandic Lava Trek

It’s a short flight to Keflavik and then a four-hour transfer to our starting point. We drive through landscape almost lunar in appearance, passing by Hekla – Iceland’s most famous active volcano. Our campsite is at Landmannalaugar, in the heart of southern Iceland’s thermal area. We’ll have dinner and can bathe in the hot springs. Darkness lasts for just three hours, so do your best to sleep.

Today we leave the rhyolite landscape behind us, heading into the glacial areas and fast running streams of the Myradalsjokull Icecap. Be prepared to get chilly as we wade through ice-cold streams in Bláfjallakvisi. We then climb down to the oasis at Hvangngil, before trekking through desert-like passes to our home for the night, the Emstrur Hut. We will be camping next to a stream here.

Spend the morning discovering what makes Reykjavik so special. The world’s most northerly capital.

Having said goodbye to the rest of the group at the airport, you will be brought back to your hotel in Reykjavik. This evening you can have dinner in one of the many restaurants in town at your leisure. Overnight in guesthouse. (Lunch and dinner not included).

After breakfast you will be transferred to the harbour, where a whale watching boat awaits you. Have your camera constantly at the ready on this inspiring three-hour cruise around Faxafloi Bay. At around midday, you will return to your accommodation to freshen up ahead of the flight back to London this afternoon.